The influence of social factors and implicit racial bias on a generalized own-race effect

The current study sought to determine whether the experimentally reported 'own-race effect' is other-race specific, or whether it is a generalized effect. The perceptual processing of own-versus two groups of other-race faces was therefore explored in White and South Asian individuals. Par...

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Main Authors: Walker, P, Hewstone, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008
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description The current study sought to determine whether the experimentally reported 'own-race effect' is other-race specific, or whether it is a generalized effect. The perceptual processing of own-versus two groups of other-race faces was therefore explored in White and South Asian individuals. Participants completed a computer-based discrimination task of White, South Asian and Black face-morphs. Results showed a generalized own-race effect for White and South Asian participants discriminating own-versus other-race (White/South Asian and Black) faces, such that individuals demonstrated a perceptual discrimination advantage for own-versus other-race faces in general. These findings were linked to implicit racial bias and other-race individuating experience, demonstrating that social variables play an important role in the magnitude of the own-race effect. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
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spelling oxford-uuid:fe2db046-c50d-4f11-b6bf-b44eaa1821332022-03-27T13:34:21ZThe influence of social factors and implicit racial bias on a generalized own-race effectJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:fe2db046-c50d-4f11-b6bf-b44eaa182133EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Walker, PHewstone, MThe current study sought to determine whether the experimentally reported 'own-race effect' is other-race specific, or whether it is a generalized effect. The perceptual processing of own-versus two groups of other-race faces was therefore explored in White and South Asian individuals. Participants completed a computer-based discrimination task of White, South Asian and Black face-morphs. Results showed a generalized own-race effect for White and South Asian participants discriminating own-versus other-race (White/South Asian and Black) faces, such that individuals demonstrated a perceptual discrimination advantage for own-versus other-race faces in general. These findings were linked to implicit racial bias and other-race individuating experience, demonstrating that social variables play an important role in the magnitude of the own-race effect. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
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